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What app will you be using and how much editing, i.e., a home hobby, or a professional photographer?

I've made no bones about stating my opinion about the both iMacs. I think overall you get the best value for your money with the 27" iMac.

Regardless of which machine you choose, get the 2TB fusion drive. The 1TB uses only a 24GB flash drive, the 2TB offers a 128GB flash drive so you'l be able to have more of your frequently used files on the flash storage instead of the slow 5400 rpm drive.

What app will you be using and how much editing, i.e., a home hobby, or a professional photographer?

I've made no bones about stating my opinion about the both iMacs. I think overall you get the best value for your money with the 27" iMac.

Regardless of which machine you choose, get the 2TB fusion drive. The 1TB uses only a 24GB flash drive, the 2TB offers a 128GB flash drive so you'l be able to have more of your frequently used files on the flash storage instead of the slow 5400 rpm drive.

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Home hobby, will definitely be getting to 2tb Fusion drive for that exact reason.

The 21.5 seems to only allow config up to 16gb RAM?

I won't be paying apple to configure it, i'll be buying it from Crucial and doing it myself but don't want to be limited to 16gb.

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